November 2008 – Legacy

already more than I expected

My third day on Atreyu and it’s feeling exactly how I didn’t want it to – like a project. I’m giving it 2 burns a day so that I have time at the end to work on the new route I’m building at Owl Tor, so I’m sure I could have made better progress on… Continue reading already more than I expected

water, not first

I swam with Bridget and Micah at noon. Bridget made me go faster. da numbers: 3 x 100m easy free 500m free 100m easy free 4 x 50m free 100m free time: 1:20 this was fast for me, and it hurt 100m easy free 100m fly drill 200m fly/back total distance: 1600m crankenstein.com

first water, need for speed

I’m getting slow. I need to do sprints tomorrow. da numbers: 150m easy free 12 x 100m free coming in ~1:47, slow 150m easy free 200m fly kick total distance: 1700m crankenstein.com

first water, low and slow – or – efficiency and perspective

There are a bunch of concepts at play when training. Efficiency, for one, is painfully obvious but maybe not so easy to describe. That’s what kinesiologists are for. As a recreational or amateur athlete, I just need to know it when I see it. Like today. Time is always important to me in the pool,… Continue reading first water, low and slow – or – efficiency and perspective

first water, fly baby

I thought I’d do a little butterfly today. da numbers: 300m easy free 3 x 100m fly drills 200m fly kick total distance: 800m crankenstein.com

first water, 200s galore

I did some 200m freestyle today, on the 4:00, trying to find a good pace for my 1000m free on Monday. My last 200 of the set was good. I’m almost at the point where I’ve pushed hard enough to force my body to adapt to the fatigue with a more efficient stroke. Near the… Continue reading first water, 200s galore

first water, finding consistency

There is an art to pacing oneself. My focus in the pool now is to bring my 1000m time under 17:30. That puts my average 100m split at 1:45, a non-trivial time for me at this stage. And this is long course, which is kicking my ass. But that’s good. This is a good opportunity… Continue reading first water, finding consistency

video of Alex Honnold on Gaia E8

Gaia looks hard. And scary. from UKClimbing.com crankenstein.com

first water, over easy

1000m swims are kinda hard for me. They hurt and I didn’t really feel like hurting this morning. So, I did my 1000m at a somewhat pedestrian pace. Or so it felt. In reality, my time was 5 seconds slower than last Monday, and almost 25 seconds faster than the previous Monday. Two weeks ago… Continue reading first water, over easy